CN105278981A - Hand-held electronic apparatus with multi-point touch function, touch outer cover and starting method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a hand-held electronic apparatus with a multi-point touch function, a touch outer cover and a starting method. The touch outer cover of the hand-held electronic apparatus comprises an outer cover and a touch sensing structure; the outer cover is arranged on the other side, relative to the panel, of the hand-held electronic apparatus; the touch sensing structure is partially or wholly arranged on the outer cover, provided with a plurality of detection points and used for receiving trigger events; the trigger events trigger a part of the detection points; the touch sensing structure comprises a first sensing layer; the first sensing layer is provided with a plurality of first sensing lines; and the first sensing lines comprise the detection points and are coupled to a capacitance detection unit. When the trigger events satisfy an activation judging condition stored in the hand-held electronic apparatus, the capacitance detection unit begins to detect the multiple trigger events that occur simultaneously in different positions on the outer cover, and then generates a plurality of signals for representing the generation position of each trigger event. The sight of a user in operation is not shielded by fingers, and the problem of the panel scratching is reduced; and in addition, the hand-held electronic apparatus has the convenience that the electronic apparatus can be operated by one hand and can be touched in the multi-point touch mode.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of portable electric device of tool multi-point touch function, touch-control enclosing cover and starting method, particularly a kind ofly solve that display frame is blocked because of touch control operation and the portable electric device of tool multi-point touch function, touch-control enclosing cover and starting method.
Background technology
In recent years, touch technology has been widely used in general consumer electronics device gradually, such as: intelligent mobile phone, flat computer, personal digital assistant, satellite navigation etc.Compare tradition to input in the mode such as mouse or keyboard, touch technology replaces the computer hardware such as mouse or keyboard with the finger in the middle of human body, there is humanized and the mode of operation of intuitive and operation interface, therefore, more and more user likes utilizing touch technology to manipulate various electronic equipment, and multi-point touch (multi-touch) technology more touch technology bring revolutionary development.
Known possess in the portable electric device of multi-point touch function, is all the operation directly carrying out touch-control on panel.Such as Apple's U.S. Patent Bulletin the 7th, 663, No. 607 open a kind of " Multipointtouchscreen ", wherein, user mainly utilizes finger to carry out multi-point touch operation at the display surface of contact panel, needs to import transparent touch sensed layer; But when the enterprising line operate of panel, finger may block the sight line of eyes or block the software object of Display panel, make finger may open to the link of high information density display frame the phenomenon producing false touch.These problems above-mentioned will be more serious when user carries out multi-point touch.Moreover, when user uses portable electric device under sunshine, the sunlight visuality (sunlightreadability) of panel is the problem that cannot effectively solve always, because user can't see the information of panel, and response mail or face letter breath cannot be clicked timely and effectively with bimanualness.
In addition, aforesaid panel also needs to import the transparent touch sensing structure such as ITO of terres rares, and panel just can be made to have touch-control and display usefulness concurrently, but is limited to rare earth metal indium ore deposit and increasingly exhausts, cost promotion and electric conductivity is the problem such as poorer than metal also.Therefore be not good plan with the transparent touch sensed layer made by rare earth metal indium ore deposit.
In addition, owing to need control or operating electronic devices in the mode of finger or induction pen contact on contact panel, the phenomenon therefore often having scratching panel occurs.In addition, when the known portable electric device possessing touch controllable function operates, most needs hand-heldly hold electronic installation with one, another hand is in the enterprising line operate of panel, if only hold follow-up line operate with a hand simultaneously, then only manipulate by thumb, the efficiency of manual mode operation and convenience reduce.
Therefore; how a kind of portable electric device of tool multi-point touch function, touch-control enclosing cover and starting method are provided; the problem that display frame is blocked because of touch control operation can be solved; and reaching the function of multi-point touch, the protection of strengthening user privacy simultaneously, such as user can not be peeped by intentionally personage after one's death at Password Input; and reduce touch-control sensing infrastructure cost; the efficiency of manual mode operation and convenience, realize high-quality and fine Consumer's Experience, and real is one of current important topic.
Summary of the invention
Because above-mentioned problem, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of portable electric device of tool multi-point touch function, touch-control enclosing cover and starting method, the problem that display frame is blocked because of touch control operation can be solved, and reach the function of multi-point touch, the efficiency of manual mode operation and convenience simultaneously.The present invention also provides a kind of to apple United States Patent (USP) the 7th, the avoidance design of 663, No. 607, to remove patent infringement doubt, and creates user and more optimizes experience in apple products technology.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, the invention provides a kind of touch-control enclosing cover of portable electric device.Portable electric device comprises this touch-control enclosing cover, panel and control module.Touch-control enclosing cover comprises enclosing cover and touch-control sensing structure.Enclosing cover is arranged at the opposite side of portable electric device relative to panel.Be arranged at touch-control sensing structure area or gross area and cover and there is multiple check point outward, and receive trigger event.Trigger event triggering part check point.Touch-control sensing structure comprises the first sensed layer.First sensed layer has multiple first sense wire.First sense wire comprises these check points and is coupled to capacitance detection unit.When trigger event meets the activation Rule of judgment being stored in portable electric device, capacitance detection unit starts to detect outer covering and occurs and the multiple touch-control events occurred in diverse location simultaneously, and generation represents multiple signals that position occurs each touch-control event.
In one embodiment, touch-control sensing structure comprises the second sensed layer further, with the first sensed layer in spatially for being separated setting, the second sensed layer has multiple second sense wire, and these first sense wires and these the second sense wires are crisscross arranged to form check point respectively.
In one embodiment, the first sensed layer comprises first substrate further, and the first sense wire is arranged at first substrate, and the second sensed layer comprises second substrate further, and the second sense wire is arranged at second substrate.
In one embodiment, the first sense wire is arranged at enclosing cover, has insulation course between the first sensed layer and the second sensed layer.
In one embodiment, touch-control sensing structure comprises metallic mesh, metal nano conductor, conducting film, CNT or Graphene.
In one embodiment, touch-control enclosing cover is nontransparent.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, a kind of portable electric device of the present invention comprises panel, control module and touch-control enclosing cover.Control module and panel are electrically connected.Touch-control enclosing cover and control module are electrically connected.Touch-control enclosing cover comprises enclosing cover and touch-control sensing structure.Enclosing cover is arranged at the opposite side of portable electric device relative to panel.Be arranged at touch-control sensing structure area or gross area and cover and there is multiple check point outward, and receive trigger event.Trigger event triggering part check point.Touch-control sensing structure comprises the first sensed layer.First sensed layer has multiple first sense wire.First sense wire comprises these check points and is coupled to capacitance detection unit.When trigger event meets the activation Rule of judgment being stored in portable electric device, capacitance detection unit starts to detect outer covering and occurs and the multiple touch-control events occurred at diverse location simultaneously, and generation represents multiple signals that position occurs each touch-control event.
In one embodiment, control module calculates the number of bursts distribution of check point described in trigger event triggering part, triggered time, trigger rate, number of bursts pattern or trigger position, to produce result of calculation.
In one embodiment, control module, according to result of calculation, judges whether number of bursts distribution, triggered time, trigger rate, number of bursts pattern or trigger position meet activation Rule of judgment.
In one embodiment, touch-control sensing structure comprises the second sensed layer further, with the first sensed layer in spatially for being separated setting, the second sensed layer has multiple second sense wire, and these first sense wires and these the second sense wires are crisscross arranged to form check point respectively.
In one embodiment, the first sensed layer comprises first substrate further, and the first sense wire is arranged at first substrate, and the second sensed layer comprises second substrate further, and the second sense wire is arranged at second substrate.
In one embodiment, the first sense wire is arranged at enclosing cover, has insulation course between the first sensed layer and the second sensed layer.
In one embodiment, touch-control sensing structure comprises metallic mesh, metal nano conductor, conducting film, CNT or Graphene.
In one embodiment, touch-control enclosing cover is nontransparent.
In one embodiment, user is with this hand-held portable electric device of one-handed performance, and this touch-control enclosing cover is towards light source or this panel this light source dorsad.
In one embodiment, a circuit board, a battery or a memory card is more comprised between touch-control enclosing cover and panel.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, a kind of method starting multi-point touch function of the present invention is applied to portable electric device.Portable electric device comprises panel, touch-control enclosing cover and control module.Touch-control enclosing cover has enclosing cover and touch-control sensing structure.Touch-control sensing structure has multiple check point and is coupled to each other with capacitance detection unit.The method starting multi-point touch function performs following steps on portable electric device: receive trigger event by touch-control sensing structure, and trigger event triggers the part check point of touch-control sensing structure; Judge whether trigger event meets the activation Rule of judgment be stored in portable electric device by control module; And when trigger event meets activation Rule of judgment, capacitance detection unit starts outer the covering of detection and occurs and the multiple touch-control events occurred at diverse location, and produces the multiple signals representing each touch-control event generation position simultaneously.
In one embodiment, comprise further and calculate the number of bursts distribution of check point described in trigger event triggering part, triggered time, trigger rate, number of bursts pattern or trigger position, to produce result of calculation by control module.
In one embodiment, control module, according to result of calculation, judges whether number of bursts distribution, triggered time, trigger rate, number of bursts pattern or trigger position meet activation Rule of judgment.
In one embodiment, touch-control enclosing cover is nontransparent.
From the above, touch-control enclosing cover of the present invention comprises enclosing cover and touch-control sensing structure, and touch-control sensing structure is arranged at outer covering, and touch-control sensing structure comprises the first sensed layer, and the first sensed layer has multiple first sense wire, it comprises multiple check point and is coupled to capacitance detection unit.Touch-control sensing structure receives a trigger event, and trigger event is by triggering part check point, when trigger event meets the activation Rule of judgment be stored in portable electric device, capacitance detection unit starts to detect outer covering and occurs and multiple touch-control events of diverse location generation simultaneously, and produce the multiple signals representing each touch-control event generation position, and then reach the function of multi-point touch.
By judging whether trigger event meets activation Rule of judgment, restarting multi-point touch function, after portable electric device can be prevented to be unlocked, usurped by its people.Using trigger event as identity identification, the object of security can be reached.
In addition, by the touch-control enclosing cover of this case, user can avoid carrying out touch control operation at the display surface of panel, so, display frame and panel software object can not block by the finger of user, also can not open the link of high information density picture and produce false touch phenomenon.Except user can watch complete image content, to improve outside visual quality, when user can not be peeped by intentionally personage after one's death at Password Input, and reduce touch-control sensing infrastructure cost, promote efficiency and the convenience of manual mode operation, realize high-quality and fine user experience, panel more can be avoided to suffer the problem of pointer scratch.
Moreover, when user uses portable electric device under sunshine, user can be hold by one hand portable electric device, and keep the sun off or light source with touch-control enclosing cover, keep the sun off because faceplate formation is subject to touch-control enclosing cover, therefore the sunlight visuality of panel can promote, and do not need new OLED or electronic paper display panel technology just can realize.In addition, because user just can carry out operating or inputting in the information of touch-control enclosing cover counter plate with one hand, therefore can the security of lifting operation portable electric device and sunlight to place an order manual convenience.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the portable electric device of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the functional block diagram of the portable electric device shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 A is the schematic diagram of another embodiment of the touch-control sensing structure shown in Fig. 2.
The schematic diagram of the embodiment again that Fig. 3 B is the touch-control sensing structure shown in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of the touch-control sensing structure of another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 A is for the touch-control sensing structure shown in Fig. 4 is in the diagrammatic cross-section at profile line A-A place.
Fig. 5 B is the schematic diagram of another embodiment of the touch-control sensing structure shown in Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is the functional block diagram of the touch-control sensing structure shown in Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is the flow chart of steps of the method for the startup multi-point touch function of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 8 A is the schematic diagram of the trigger event of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 8 B is for the trigger event shown in Fig. 8 A is corresponding to the schematic diagram of the touch-control sensing structure shown in Fig. 4.
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Hereinafter with reference to relevant drawings, the portable electric device of a kind of tool multi-point touch function according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, touch-control enclosing cover and starting method are described, wherein identical element is illustrated with identical Reference numeral.
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the portable electric device 1 of one embodiment of the invention, Fig. 2 is the functional block diagram of the portable electric device 1 shown in Fig. 1, please also refer to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, portable electric device 1 comprises panel 11, touch-control enclosing cover 12 and control module 13.In the present embodiment, portable electric device 1 can be such as intelligent mobile communications device, flat computer, mobile computer, personal digital assistant or satellite navigation etc.At this, portable electric device 1 is for intelligent mobile phone.
Panel 11 is arranged at the side of portable electric device 1, can be such as the side of the contiguous user's sight line of portable electric device 1.Panel 11 can comprise display panel, namely has the panel of Presentation Function, or has the touch-control display panel of Presentation Function and touch controllable function simultaneously.Panel 11, except showing general picture, also can provide graphic user interface (graphicaluserinterface; GUI) to user.
Touch-control enclosing cover 12 is arranged at the opposite side of portable electric device 1 relative to panel 11, can be such as the side of portable electric device 1 away from user's sight line.Touch-control enclosing cover 12 provides user to input in the mode of touch-control, and produces interaction with the graphic user interface on panel 11 further.At this, touch-control can be such as that user is completed in the mode of contact or intimate contact by finger or other contactor control device.Producing interaction with graphic user interface can be such as the position that user passes through to point the icon (icon) on touch-control enclosing cover 12 shown by corresponding panel 11, carries out clicking, amplify or moving in the mode of touch-control.In the present embodiment, touch-control enclosing cover 12 is preferred for nontransparent.
In addition, when user uses portable electric device 1 under sunshine, user can one-handed performance portable electric device 1, and by touch-control enclosing cover 12 towards light source, to keep the sun off or light source, because the position of panel 11 is back to light source, therefore the information shown by it keeps the sun off by touch-control enclosing cover 12, the sunlight visuality of panel 11 can promote, user just can carry out operating or inputting in the information of touch-control enclosing cover counter plate with one hand, and can one-handed performance convenience under the security of lifting operation portable electric device and sunlight.
Control module 13 and panel 11, touch-control enclosing cover 12 are electrically connected.In the present embodiment, control module 13 can be arranged in the circuit board of portable electric device 1 inside.Control module 13 is except except the content shown by control panel 11, also can control the associative operation of touch-control enclosing cover 12, be described in detail later simultaneously.
Touch-control enclosing cover 12 comprises enclosing cover 121 and touch-control sensing structure 122.Touch-control sensing structure 122 has multiple check point, and is arranged on enclosing cover 121 with area or gross area.In the present embodiment, touch-control sensing structure 122, except being arranged at enclosing cover 121 towards except the inside surface of panel 11, more can be arranged at the side of enclosing cover 121.Touch-control sensing structure 122 comprises multiple first sense wire 1221a, and its copline is arranged to form the first sensed layer 1221.At this, the first sense wire 1221a is not defined as rectangle, and it also can be strip, rhombus, circle or other shape.Touch-control sensing structure 122 can comprise metallic mesh (metalmash), metal nano conductor, conducting film, CNT, Graphene or other conductive material.If when touch-control sensing structure 122 is metallic mesh, not only can reduce phenomenon (Moirephenomenon) not, reduce material cost, its live width also can not be limited because of transparency requirement.In addition, a circuit board, a battery or a memory card can more be comprised between touch-control enclosing cover 12 and panel 11.
In the present embodiment, the first sense wire 1221a is arranged on enclosing cover 121 electrically isolated from each otherly, and namely the first electrically isolated sense wire 1221a represents different check points.First sense wire 1221a is coupled to capacitance detection unit 14.Can refer in this " coupling " and to be electrically connected in direct or indirect mode.At this, be for the first sense wire 1221a by circuit directly and capacitance detection unit 14 be electrically connected.
In fact, due to user finger contact or be close to touch specific first sense wire 1221a time, finger will change the capacitance (capacitance) of this first sense wire 1221a.Whether the capacitance simultaneously being detected all first sense wire 1221a by capacitance detection unit 14 is changed, and can judge that user points contacted position.
In the present embodiment, touch-control enclosing cover 12, except can the mode of single-point carry out except touch-control, more can receive the operation of multi-point touch (multi-touch) simultaneously." multi-point touch " refers at same time and at diverse location, multiple touch-control event occurs.That is, touch-control enclosing cover 12 allows to produce simultaneously and detects touch-control event T1, the T2 (as Fig. 1) that occur in diverse location simultaneously, and produces the multiple signals representing each touch-control event generation position.
Another embodiment schematic diagram that Fig. 3 A is the touch-control sensing structure 122 shown in Fig. 2, please refer to Fig. 3 A, is different from Fig. 2, and at this embodiment, the first sense wire 1221a is similar comb shape, is arranged to copline on enclosing cover 121.The embodiment schematic diagram again that Fig. 3 B is the touch-control sensing structure 122 shown in Fig. 2, please refer to Fig. 3 B, and at this embodiment, the first sense wire 1221a is leg-of-mutton shape, each other side by side and copline be arranged at enclosing cover 121.Other content as hereinbefore, does not repeat them here.
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of the touch-control sensing structure of another embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 5 A is the diagrammatic cross-section of touch-control sensing structure 122a at profile line A-A place shown in Fig. 4.Please also refer to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 A, with previous embodiment (Fig. 2, touch-control sensing structure 122) different places is, the touch-control sensing structure 122a of the present embodiment comprises multiple second sense wire 1222a further, and its copline is arranged to form the second sensed layer 1222.First sensed layer 1221 and the second sensed layer 1222, in space for being separated setting, form mutual tolerance formula touch-control sensing structure jointly.Specifically, the first sensed layer 1221 and the second sensed layer 1222 are arranged in the Different Plane in space.Touch-control sensing structure 122a can comprise metallic mesh (metalmash), metal nano conductor, conducting film, CNT, Graphene or other conductive material.If when touch-control sensing structure 122a is metallic mesh, not only can reduce phenomenon (Moirephenomenon) not, reduce material cost, its live width also can not be limited because of transparency requirement.
In the present embodiment, the first sensed layer 1221 can comprise first substrate 1221b further, and the first sense wire 1221a is arranged on first substrate 1221b.Second sensed layer 1222 can comprise second substrate 1222b further, and the second sense wire 1222a is arranged on second substrate 1222b.In practical operation, such as micro-shadow and etching technique (lithographyandetching) can be utilized to be formed on these substrates by these sense wires.In these supplementary notes, the present invention does not limit shape and the quantity of the first sense wire 1221a and the second sense wire 1222a, its shape can be also rectangle, strip, rhombus, circle or other shape, and the first sense wire 1221a can be identical or not identical with the quantity of the second sense wire 122a.
In the present embodiment, binded each other by first substrate 1222a and second substrate 1222b further by articulamentum 1223, articulamentum 1223 can be such as optical cement (opticalclearadhisive; OCA), make that there is between it firmer structure.In addition, first substrate 1221b binds each other by bonding coat 1224 and enclosing cover 121 further, and bonding coat 1224 can be also such as optical cement.
Please refer again to Fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the first sense wire 1221a and the second sense wire 1222a is crisscross arranged respectively, to form multiple check point P.In practical operation, each first sense wire 1221a and each second sense wire 1222a can be perpendicular to one another, near vertical or the mode such as non-perpendicular be crisscross arranged, and namely check point P is the intervening portion of each first sense wire 1221a and each second sense wire 1222a.The present embodiment is orthogonally be set to example with the first sense wire 1221a and the second sense wire 1222a, the position that each check point P is then different on corresponding enclosing cover 121.
In the present embodiment, the first sense wire 1221a is coupled to capacitance detection unit 15, and the second sense wire 1222a is coupled to voltage feeding unit 16.Voltage feeding unit 16 provides voltage signal to the second sense wire 1222a.Because the first sense wire 1221a and the second sense wire 1222a distance is very near, and be all conductor, therefore will produce coupling capacitance at intervening portion (check point P) place between each second sense wire 1222a and each first sense wire 1221a.When the finger contact of user or when being close to the specific check point P of contact, finger will change corresponding to the coupling electric charge (chargecoupling) between the first sense wire 1221a of check point P position and the second sense wire 1222a, and then has influence on the capacitance of this check point P.Thus, the capacitance detection unit 15 be electrically connected with the first sense wire 1221a namely by detecting the capacitance of all check point P, to judge to point contact position on touch-control enclosing cover 12.
Another embodiment schematic diagram that Fig. 5 B is the touch-control sensing structure 122a shown in Fig. 4, with aforementioned manner (Fig. 5 A) unlike, in the manner in which, first sense wire 1221a is directly arranged at enclosing cover 121, and between the first sensed layer 1221 and the second sensed layer 1222, being provided with insulation course 1225, this framework has the advantage of thinner thickness.
Fig. 6 is the functional block diagram of the touch-control sensing structure 122a shown in Fig. 5, please refer to Fig. 6, and the position that the first sense wire 1221a and the second sense wire 1222a interlocks forms check point P.Provide current to the second sense wire 1222a by voltage feeding unit 16, the position of check point P will produce coupling capacitance C.If there is no other object influences, the capacitance of coupling capacitance C will remain constant, but, when the finger O of user contacts or is close to contact, will affect and change the capacitance of coupling capacitance C, capacitance detection unit 14 can judge to point the position contacted thus.Because capacitance detection unit 14 can simultaneously corresponding all check point P (as Fig. 4), therefore, the touch-control enclosing cover 12 in the present embodiment can reach the function of multi-point touch.Other, about the content of the first sense wire 1221a and the second sense wire 1222a, please refer to aforementioned paragraphs, does not repeat them here.
In the present embodiment, can comprise a wave filter F further between the first sense wire 1221a and capacitance detection unit 14, it can utilize such as sign-changing amplifier (invertingamplifier) circuit to realize.The fundamental purpose of wave filter F eliminates stray capacitance PC (parasiticcapacitance), such as: the capacity effect between the capacity effect between the first different sense wire 1221a, the second different sense wire 1222a or the capacity effect of each electrode respectively and between earth potential (ground).Capacitive effect beyond the not examined P of signal that can be made by wave filter F to input to capacitance detection unit 14.
Fig. 7 is the flow chart of steps of the method for the startup multi-point touch function of one embodiment of the invention, Fig. 8 A is the schematic diagram of the trigger event of one embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 8 B is for the trigger event shown in Fig. 8 A is corresponding to the schematic diagram of the touch-control sensing structure shown in Fig. 4.
The method of the startup multi-point touch function of the present embodiment, except can be applicable to touch-control sensing structure (self-tolerant) as shown in Figure 2, also can be applicable to touch-control sensing structure (mutual tolerance formula) as shown in Figure 4.At this, be only described with the touch-control sensing structure 122a shown in Fig. 4, and the touch-control sensing structure 122 shown in Fig. 2 can be simulated.
Please also refer to Fig. 7 to Fig. 8 B, first, in step S10, receive trigger event M (as Fig. 8 A) by touch-control sensing structure 122a, trigger event M triggers part check point P1, P2, P3 of touch-control sensing structure 122.At this, trigger event M can be the action that user grasps portable electric device 1.Because user may be accustomed to going to grasp portable electric device 1 with same gesture, therefore, the grasp motion of user can be considered as trigger event M.For Fig. 8 A, user's custom grasps portable electric device 1 with the forefinger of left hand and middle finger in these positions.Now, trigger event M can trigger check point P1, P2, P3 (as Fig. 8 B) of touch-control enclosing cover 12 upper part, and that is, the first sense wire 1221a of part can because the contact of user when grasping, and there is the change of capacitance, this can be considered a kind of and triggers.In another embodiment, control module 13 can calculate the number of bursts distribution of check point, triggered time, trigger rate, number of bursts pattern or trigger position, and produces result of calculation.For Fig. 8 B, the number of bursts of the check point that is triggered is three; It is located adjacent one another that the number of bursts of check point of being triggered is distributed as P2, P3, and P1 is separately in another region; The pattern of check point of being triggered is P1 is single check point, and P2 and P3 is left and right contiguous formation one strip toggle area; The trigger position of check point of being triggered is the position at P1, P2, P3 place.
Then, in step S20, judge whether trigger event M meets the activation Rule of judgment be stored in portable electric device 1 by control module 13 (as Fig. 2).Please also refer to Fig. 2, in the present embodiment, portable electric device 1 can comprise storage unit 15 further, and itself and control module 13 are electrically connected.Storage unit 15 can in order to store various instruction and program code, and it can be such as flash memory, ROM (read-only memory) (readonlymemory; ROM), random access memory (randomaccessmemory; RAM) or other there is the element of memory function.In the present embodiment, activation Rule of judgment is had in storage unit 15, the content activating Rule of judgment can relate to the mode of user's custom grasping in the past portable electric device 1, that is, control module 13 can judge whether the grip of current user meets the passing grasping custom of user.In another embodiment, control module 13 is the result of calculation according to above-mentioned paragraph, judges whether number of bursts distribution that the first sense wire 1221a is triggered, triggered time, trigger rate, number of bursts pattern or trigger position meet activation Rule of judgment.
In step S30, when trigger event M meets activation Rule of judgment, capacitance detection unit 14 starts to detect generation simultaneously on enclosing cover 121 and the multiple touch-control events occurred at diverse location, and produces the multiple signals representing each touch-control event generation position.Specifically, if control module 13 judges that trigger event M meets activation Rule of judgment, namely the grip of user meets (confirming to use identity) when the passing grasping of user is accustomed at present, control module 13 will to start to detect on enclosing cover 121 and occurs and multiple touch-control events (as Fig. 1: T1, T2) of occurring of diverse location simultaneously by start-up capacitance detecting unit 14, and produce the multiple signals representing each touch-control event generation position, to reach the function of multi-point touch.About multi-point touch function, please refer to aforementioned, do not repeat them here.
Supplementary notes be (can with reference to figure 1 and Fig. 2), if number of bursts pattern is multiple contacts, not meeting activation Rule of judgment by being directly judged to be, at this, multiplely referring to two or more.In the present embodiment, " face contact " refer to user touch the single toggle area on touch-control enclosing cover 12 diameter or from an engagement edge to the longest distance of another engagement edge be more than 7 millimeters.If foregoing is not carrying out touch control operation to portable electric device 1 based on user, and it is just simple when gripping portable electric device 1, the multiple number of bursts pattern for face contact of easy generation, therefore directly judges that this trigger event does not meet activation Rule of judgment.
In addition, also the number of bursts pattern of the trigger event of an embodiment can be had to be single contact, and can judge as activation according to the position of this single contact, such as, when the position of single contact is positioned at the first half of portable electric device 1, be also judged to not meet activation Rule of judgment.If this kind of setting also utilizes finger when touch-control enclosing cover 12 carries out touch control operation based on user's normal hand-held formula electronic installation 1, the toggle area that the palm of user may contact in the Lower Half forming surface of portable electric device 1, and can not in the toggle area of first half forming surface contact, and the toggle area that the contact of the finger and touch-control enclosing cover 12 that carry out touch control operation at the first half produces, its diameter or usually can not be greater than 7 millimeters to the longest distance of another engagement edge from an engagement edge.Therefore when the position of single contact is positioned at the first half of portable electric device 1, user is carrying out touch control operation, and may be carrying out the action of such as wiping enclosing cover 121 or hold merely portable electric device 1.At this, the first half or Lower Half can be for benchmark with the center of the center of enclosing cover 121 or touch-control sensing structure, and situation when operating portable electric device with user and opinion, being the first half higher than the part on center, is Lower Half lower than the part under center.
In sum, touch-control enclosing cover of the present invention comprises enclosing cover and touch-control sensing structure, and touch-control sensing structure is arranged at outer covering, and touch-control sensing structure comprises the first sensed layer, and the first sensed layer has multiple first sense wire, it comprises multiple check point and is coupled to capacitance detection unit.Touch-control sensing structure receives trigger event, and trigger event is by triggering part check point, when trigger event meets the activation Rule of judgment be stored in portable electric device, capacitance detection unit starts to detect outer covering and occurs and multiple touch-control events of diverse location generation simultaneously, and produce the multiple signals representing each touch-control event generation position, and then reach the function of multi-point touch.
By judging whether trigger event meets activation Rule of judgment, restarting multi-point touch function, after portable electric device can be prevented to be unlocked, usurped by its people.Using trigger event as identity identification, the object of security can be reached.
In addition, by the touch-control enclosing cover of this case, user can avoid carrying out touch control operation at the display surface of panel, so, display frame and panel software target can not block by the finger of user, also can not open the link of high information density picture and produce false touch phenomenon.Except user can watch complete image content, to improve outside visual quality, when user can not be peeped by intentionally personage after one's death at Password Input, and reduce touch-control sensing infrastructure cost, promote efficiency and the convenience of manual mode operation, realize high-quality and fine Consumer's Experience.Panel more can be avoided to suffer the problem of pointer scratch.
Moreover, when user uses portable electric device under sunshine, user can be hold by one hand portable electric device, and keep the sun off or light source with touch-control enclosing cover, keep the sun off because faceplate formation is subject to touch-control enclosing cover, therefore the sunlight visuality of panel can promote, and do not need new OLED or electronic paper display panel technology just can reach.In addition, because user just can carry out operating or inputting in the information of touch-control enclosing cover counter plate with one hand, therefore can the security of lifting operation portable electric device and sunlight to place an order manual convenience.
The foregoing is only illustrative, but not be restricted.Anyly do not depart from spirit of the present invention and category, and to its equivalent modifications of carrying out or change, all should be contained in the right of enclosing.
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1. a touch-control enclosing cover for portable electric device, this portable electric device comprises this touch-control enclosing cover, panel and control module, and this touch-control enclosing cover comprises:
Enclosing cover, is arranged at the opposite side of this portable electric device relative to this panel; And
Touch-control sensing structure, be arranged at this area or gross area and cover outward, this touch-control sensing structure has multiple check point, and receives trigger event, this trigger event triggering part check point, and this touch-control sensing structure comprises:
First sensed layer, has multiple first sense wire, and described first sense wire comprises described check point and is coupled to capacitance detection unit,
Wherein, when this trigger event meets the activation Rule of judgment being stored in this portable electric device, this capacitance detection unit starts to detect this outer covering and occurs and the multiple touch-control events occurred at diverse location simultaneously, and produces the multiple signals representing each touch-control event generation position.
2. touch-control enclosing cover according to claim 1, wherein this touch-control sensing structure comprises the second sensed layer further, with this first sensed layer spatially for being separated setting, this second sensed layer has multiple second sense wire, and described first sense wire and described second sense wire are crisscross arranged to form described check point respectively.
3. touch-control enclosing cover according to claim 2, wherein this first sensed layer comprises first substrate further, and described first sense wire is arranged at this first substrate, and this second sensed layer comprises second substrate further, and described second sense wire is arranged at this second substrate.
4. touch-control enclosing cover according to claim 2, wherein said first sense wire is arranged at this enclosing cover, has insulation course between this first sensed layer and this second sensed layer.
5. touch-control enclosing cover according to claim 1, wherein this touch-control sensing structure comprises metallic mesh, metal nano conductor, conducting film, CNT or Graphene.
6. touch-control enclosing cover according to claim 1, wherein this touch-control enclosing cover is nontransparent.
7. a portable electric device, comprising:
Panel;
Control module, is electrically connected with this panel; And
Touch-control enclosing cover, is electrically connected with this control module, comprises:
Enclosing cover, is arranged at the opposite side of this portable electric device relative to this panel; And
Touch-control sensing structure, be arranged at this area or gross area and cover outward, this touch-control sensing structure has multiple check point, and receives a trigger event, this trigger event triggering part check point, and this touch-control sensing structure comprises:
First sensed layer, has multiple first sense wire, and described first sense wire comprises described check point and is coupled to capacitance detection unit,
Wherein, when this trigger event meets the activation Rule of judgment being stored in this portable electric device, this capacitance detection unit starts to detect this outer covering and occurs and the multiple touch-control events occurred at diverse location simultaneously, and produces the multiple signals representing each touch-control event generation position.
8. portable electric device according to claim 7, wherein this control module calculates the number of bursts distribution of check point described in this trigger event triggering part, triggered time, trigger rate, number of bursts pattern or trigger position, to produce result of calculation.
9. portable electric device according to claim 8, wherein this control module is according to this result of calculation, judges whether this number of bursts distribution, triggered time, trigger rate, number of bursts pattern or trigger position meet this activation Rule of judgment.
10. portable electric device according to claim 7, wherein this touch-control sensing structure comprises the second sensed layer further, with this first sensed layer in spatially for being separated setting, this second sensed layer has multiple second sense wire, and described first sense wire and described second sense wire are crisscross arranged to form described check point respectively.
11. portable electric devices according to claim 10, wherein this first sensed layer comprises first substrate further, described first sense wire is arranged at this first substrate, and this second sensed layer comprises second substrate further, and described second sense wire is arranged at this second substrate.
12. portable electric devices according to claim 10, wherein said first sense wire is arranged at this enclosing cover, has insulation course between this first sensed layer and this second sensed layer.
13. portable electric devices according to claim 7, wherein this touch-control sensing structure comprises metallic mesh, metal nano conductor, conducting film, CNT or Graphene.
14. portable electric devices according to claim 7, wherein this touch-control enclosing cover is nontransparent.
15. portable electric devices according to claim 7, wherein user is with this portable electric device of one-handed performance, and this touch-control enclosing cover is towards light source or this panel this light source dorsad.
16. portable electric devices according to claim 7, wherein more comprise a circuit board, a battery or a memory card between this touch-control enclosing cover and this panel.
17. 1 kinds of methods starting multi-point touch function, be applied to portable electric device, this portable electric device comprises panel, touch-control enclosing cover and control module, this touch-control enclosing cover has enclosing cover and touch-control sensing structure, this touch-control sensing structure has multiple check point and is coupled to each other with capacitance detection unit, and the method performs following steps on this portable electric device:
Receive trigger event by this touch-control sensing structure, this trigger event triggers the part check point of this touch-control sensing structure;
Judge whether this trigger event meets the activation Rule of judgment be stored in this portable electric device by this control module; And
When this trigger event meets this activation Rule of judgment, this capacitance detection unit starts to detect this outer covering and occurs and the multiple touch-control events occurred at diverse location simultaneously, and produces the multiple signals representing each touch-control event generation position.
The method of 18. startup multi-point touch functions according to claim 17, comprises further:
The number of bursts distribution of check point described in this trigger event triggering part, triggered time, trigger rate, number of bursts pattern or trigger position is calculated, to produce result of calculation by this control module.
The method of 19. startup multi-point touch functions according to claim 18, wherein this control module is according to this result of calculation, judges whether this number of bursts distribution, triggered time, trigger rate, number of bursts pattern or trigger position meet this activation Rule of judgment.
The method of 20. startup multi-point touch functions according to claim 17, wherein this touch-control enclosing cover is nontransparent.
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